160205 Transparency notification Lazard_E



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Regulated Information - Notification in accordance with the Act of 2 May 2007 - Transparency declaration

Under embargo until Friday 5 February 2016 at 5.45 p.m. CET


In accordance with the appropriate transparency legislation (Act of 2 May 2007) Deceuninck NV discloses that it received a notification dated 29 January 2016 from Lazard Frères Gestion SAS. According to this notification Lazard Frères Gestion SAS crossed the 5% barrier downwards on 22 January 2016 and owns 6,695,000 voting rights (4.96% of the total number of voting rights Deceuninck NV outstanding i.e. 135,039,121 voting rights). Lazard Frères Gestion SAS is controlled by Compagnie Financière Lazard Frères SAS, which in itself is controlled by Lazard Group LLC. The latter is controlled by Lazard Group Ltd. Lazard Frères Gestion SAS. Lazard Frères Gestion SAS acts independently of Compagnie Financière Lazard Frères, Lazard Group LLC, Lazard Ltd and the remainder of the group Lazard including Lazard Asset Management, an investment company according to US law.


Date

Denominator

Owner of the voting rights

Before notification

After transaction

Voting rights

# # %


22/01/2016


135,039,121

Lazard Ltd.

0

0%

Lazard Frères Gestion SAS

5,414,516

6,695,000

4.96%


Proportion for disclosure set by Articles of Association

According to the Articles of Association of Deceuninck NV and according to article 18 of the Act of 2 May 2007 regarding the disclosure of important shareholdings, the proportion for the disclosure of holding has been established at 3%, subsequently at 5% and each multiple of 5%.


Notifications

Notifications should be transmitted to both Deceuninck NV and the FSMA. The FSMA recommends transmitting the notifications electronically via e-mail to trp.fin@fsma.be and further - for reasons of legal certainty - by fax to no. +32 2 220 59 12

Deceuninck recommends to transmit notifications per e-mail as well, to the attention of ann.bataillie@deceuninck.com. The above mentioned notifications will be published on the investors pages of the website of Deceuninck NV (www.deceuninck.com) in the section Deceuninck Financial News and in the sections Deceuninck Transparency Declarations.


End of press release


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At Deceuninck, our commitment towards innovation, ecology and design provides us with a clear focus: building a sustainable home. A home that is more energy-efficient to live in and more attractive to look at. Deceuninck works worldwide with state-of-the-art materials, resulting in low maintenance, top insulating and long lasting products that can be fully recycled at end of life. Moreover, our values of Candor, Top performance and Entrepreneurship help us build a better world for our Partners and end users. Deceuninck has strong ambitions. We want to build a work environment in which people are proud to contribute, and strengthen our position within the top three market players. Alongside our ecological sustainability, Deceuninck also pursues financial sustainability.

Deceuninck serves >4000 customers in 91 countries from 14 factories and 22 warehouses located in 19 countries in North & South America, Europe (incl. Russia & Turkey) and Asia. Deceuninck employs 3600 people across all continents.

The head office of the Group is located in Belgium.

The Deceuninck Group achieved sales of € 552.8 million in 2014 with a net result of € 10.5 million.

Contact Deceuninck: Ludo Debever • T +32 51 239 248 • M +32 473 552 335 • ludo.debever@deceuninck.com


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